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Increasing milk fat production through improved nutrition may boost your milk check, but too many dairies still leave this opportunity on the table.

What this certification tells you about your dairy nutritionist.

Your cows need it. But what type of fat and how much should your herd’s rations include?

Despite heavy spring rains, crop residue will remain in place thanks to the healthy soil structure. However, unhealthy soil will give way to washing and erosion.

Forage testing and inventory control will be critical with this year’s variable forages.

Debates about food and fuel are often framed in absolutes: Corn is either for ethanol or for livestock feed.

Simply achieving “sustainability” is not good enough. We must have the research, technology and production practices to go beyond sustainability.

But it’s still a volatile weather market for dairy producers who rely on purchased hay.

Four areas where you can make improvements.

Though agriculture has become increasingly volatile during the last decade and risk management has never been more critical to farm and ranch sustainability, farmers are lucky.